{"cve":"CVE-2024-56693","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-28T10:15:14.833","modified":"2026-06-17T08:12:45.590","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbrd: defer automatic disk creation until module initialization succeeds\n\nMy colleague Wupeng found the following problems during fault injection:\n\nBUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff809d073\nPGD 6e648067 P4D 123ec8067 PUD 123ec4067 PMD 100e38067 PTE 0\nOops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI\nCPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 755 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.12.0-rc3+ #17\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS\n1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:__asan_load8+0x4c/0xa0\n...\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n blkdev_put_whole+0x41/0x70\n bdev_release+0x1a3/0x250\n blkdev_release+0x11/0x20\n __fput+0x1d7/0x4a0\n task_work_run+0xfc/0x180\n syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1de/0x1f0\n do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x170\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\nloop_init() is calling loop_add() after __register_blkdev() succeeds and\nis ignoring disk_add() failure from loop_add(), for loop_add() failure\nis not fatal and successfully created disks are already visible to\nbdev_open().\n\nbrd_init() is currently calling brd_alloc() before __register_blkdev()\nsucceeds and is releasing successfully created disks when brd_init()\nreturns an error. This can cause UAF for the latter two case:\n\ncase 1:\n    T1:\nmodprobe brd\n  brd_init\n    brd_alloc(0) // success\n      add_disk\n        disk_scan_partitions\n          bdev_file_open_by_dev // alloc file\n          fput // won't free until back to userspace\n    brd_alloc(1) // failed since mem alloc error inject\n  // error path for modprobe will release code segment\n  // back to userspace\n  __fput\n    blkdev_release\n      bdev_release\n        blkdev_put_whole\n          bdev->bd_disk->fops->release // fops is freed now, UAF!\n\ncase 2:\n    T1:                            T2:\nmodprobe brd\n  brd_init\n    brd_alloc(0) // success\n                                   open(/dev/ram0)\n    brd_alloc(1) // fail\n  // error path for modprobe\n\n                                   close(/dev/ram0)\n                                   ...\n                                   /* UAF! */\n                                   bdev->bd_disk->fops->release\n\nFix this problem by following what loop_init() does. Besides,\nreintroduce brd_devices_mutex to help serialize modifications to\nbrd_list.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/259bf925583ec9e3781df778cadf00594095090d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/410896624db639500f24f46478b4bfa05c76bf56","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41219c147df8bbd6591f59af5d695fb6c9a1cbff","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63dfd728b30f79495dacc886127695a379805152","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/826cc42adf44930a633d11a5993676d85ddb0842"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-56693","score":0.00244,"percentile":0.15638,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}